� Vision and Art: The Biology of Seeing by Margaret S. When it comes to storytelling about the visual arts and cognitive science, here are some of my favorites: Vision and Art: The Biology of Seeing by Margaret Livingstone, 2002. All facts are extracted from her book: Vision And Art: The Biology Of Seeing, from her publications and most importantly from several conferences that she did. But aesthetic theories about Art are fleshed out by a knowledge of the biological basis of Art and the visual system that creates and appreciates it. An Introduction to Theatre Design by Stephen Di Benedetto. Vision and Art-The Biology of Seeing_Livingstone. Intelligent account of cubism.”↑ 7. It has evolved over millions of years, not for the reward of cheese, but for the detection of fruit or edible leaves and moving prey or predators. Media Tech Tonic #11: What Art Can Tell Us About the Brain, Margaret Livingstone, Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, author of Vision and Art: The Biology of Seeing, November 12, 2009. Margaret Livingstone, Vision and Art the Biology of Seeing (New York: Abrams, 2002); Anjan Chatterjee, “Neuroaesthetics: A Coming of Age Story,” Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 23. Our mental processes are Although vision is not the only sense it is the one most applicable to the Visual Arts. � Bullet ProofI Wish I Was: The Lighting & Stage Design of Andi Watson by Christopher Scoates.